Deputy Director of the State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) Aubrey Heath-Retmeyer has frowned upon the suggestion that the organisation should be scrapped and its functions undertaken by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU).
“It’s ridiculous because we are doing two distinctly different functions. SOCU has to grapple with anti-money laundering and a slew of crimes along that line. SARA, we are developing our capacity and skills to deal with recovery through civil procedures,” Heath-Retmeyer told Stabroek News during a recent interview.
SARA’s Director, Professor Clive Thomas, also expressed a similar view.
